About Banai Village

Banai is a mid sized village in Rania tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,051, made up of 504 males and 547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Rania
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	404.17 hectares
Population	1,051
Male Population	504
Female Population	547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,085
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banai compares

By the 2011 count Banai is the 8th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 601 residents. Its 404.17 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Banai

Banai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banai from other places

Banai lies about 33 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 15 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Banai
Tehsil headquarters	Rania	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Pakra	15 km
District headquarters	Khunti	33 km

Villages closest to Banai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rania tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Banai

As per the Census of India 2011, Banai village had a population of 1,051. That makes it the 8th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 601 residents.

Banai village has 504 males and 547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banai has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Banai is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banai covers 404.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banai falls under Rania tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Banai is Pakra, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banai.

Banai is about 33 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banai is in Rania tehsil of Khunti district. Rania is about 6.5 km away. Pakra is about 15 km away. Khunti is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.